While Still There is Light

While Still There is Light
Title While Still There is Light PDF eBook
Author Nancy Shaffer
Publisher Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Pages 346
Release 2013
Genre Family & Relationships
ISBN 1558967001

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In 2011, Nancy Shaffer's life suddenly changed when she was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor. Here is her heartrending and heartwarming account of her final year as she came to terms with impending death. Part journal, part reflection, and fully honest, Shaffer's account of her journey through denial to peaceful acceptance will lend inspiration and courage to those in need, and insight to those who give pastoral care.

Light While There Is Light

Light While There Is Light
Title Light While There Is Light PDF eBook
Author Keith Waldrop
Publisher Deep Vellum Publishing
Pages 159
Release 2013-03-05
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1564788385

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One of the unheralded masterpieces of twentieth-century American fiction, Light While There Is Light is acclaimed poet Keith Waldrop's autobiographical novel about the myriad ghosts left behind by his family. Born to a deeply religious mother, the narrator and his siblings are led across the US as she searches for the "right" religious sect—a trip that ends with her speaking in tongues, and finally her total isolation. But no synopsis can do justice to the beauty of Keith Waldrop's measured, wise, and unembroidered prose, illuminating the fear, madness, and destruction within hearth and home—though never repudiating his love for same. In a tradition that stretches back through Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner to Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe, Keith Waldrop and Light While There Is Light are American treasures.

On a Beam of Light

On a Beam of Light
Title On a Beam of Light PDF eBook
Author Jennifer Berne
Publisher Chronicle Books
Pages 58
Release 2013-04-23
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 1452113092

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A boy rides a bicycle down a dusty road. But in his mind, he envisions himself traveling at a speed beyond imagining, on a beam of light. This brilliant mind will one day offer up some of the most revolutionary ideas ever conceived. From a boy endlessly fascinated by the wonders around him, Albert Einstein ultimately grows into a man of genius recognized the world over for profoundly illuminating our understanding of the universe. Jennifer Berne and Vladimir Radunsky invite the reader to travel along with Einstein on a journey full of curiosity, laughter, and scientific discovery. Parents and children alike will appreciate this moving story of the powerful difference imagination can make in any life.

While There is Light

While There is Light
Title While There is Light PDF eBook
Author Tariq Mehmood
Publisher Carcanet Press
Pages 266
Release 2003
Genre Biography & Autobiography
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On bail for charges of suspected terrorism, Saleem decides he must travel back to Pakistan to visit his ailing mother. It is not a trip home exactly because home is a hard concept for a man who was exiled as a boy to England. Saleem's story moves between high comedy and tragedy.

The Christian treasury (and missionary review).

The Christian treasury (and missionary review).
Title The Christian treasury (and missionary review). PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 636
Release 1856
Genre
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Men Explain Things to Me

Men Explain Things to Me
Title Men Explain Things to Me PDF eBook
Author Rebecca Solnit
Publisher Haymarket Books
Pages 145
Release 2014-04-14
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1608464571

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The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author delivers a collection of essays that serve as the perfect “antidote to mansplaining” (The Stranger). In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don’t, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters. She ends on a serious note— because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, “He’s trying to kill me!” This book features that now-classic essay with six perfect complements, including an examination of the great feminist writer Virginia Woolf’s embrace of mystery, of not knowing, of doubt and ambiguity, a highly original inquiry into marriage equality, and a terrifying survey of the scope of contemporary violence against women. “In this series of personal but unsentimental essays, Solnit gives succinct shorthand to a familiar female experience that before had gone unarticulated, perhaps even unrecognized.” —The New York Times “Essential feminist reading.” —The New Republic “This slim book hums with power and wit.” —Boston Globe “Solnit tackles big themes of gender and power in these accessible essays. Honest and full of wit, this is an integral read that furthers the conversation on feminism and contemporary society.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Essential.” —Marketplace “Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing in its conclusions.” —Salon

Knowledge in Medieval Philosophy

Knowledge in Medieval Philosophy
Title Knowledge in Medieval Philosophy PDF eBook
Author Henrik Lagerlund
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 281
Release 2021-09-20
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1474258336

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To know epistemology's history is to know better what contemporary epistemology could be and perhaps should be – and what it need not be and perhaps ought not to be. Knowledge in Medieval Philosophy covers the influence of Aristotle and Augustine during the Middle Ages. Epistemology and scepticism is part of philosophy from the late thirteenth century onwards, and knowledge was of great philosophical concern throughout the Middle Ages. By putting the medieval discussion in context it contributes to shedding light on the era and its thinkers, as well as to making it relevant for contemporary epistemologists. Demonstrating important aspects of epistemology, ones that has huge importance for our everyday life, chapters cover the notion of testimony and thinkers such as Avicenna, Scotus amd the definition of knowledge found in Ockham.